Digital Natives: How do we get them to care about Digital Identity?

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Digital Natives – How do we get them to care about digital identity?


Tuesday 5J

Convener: Robert Phares

Notes-taker(s): Robert Phares


Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:


Digital Natives, Identity Theft, Social Networks, Identity Security, Personal Data Protection Regimen, IdP


Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:


“I don’t care what Facebook knows about me.”

– the comment at the Day 1 IIW breakfast that sparked the idea for this discussion.


Working definition of a Digital Native: Someone who was raised in a digital, media-saturated world.


Discussion: digital natives demonstrate an inherent trust of “The Internet” and social media.

Statistically speaking, this puts them at greater risk of Account Takeover attacks, Identity Theft, and fraud.


The data protections of GDPR, CCPA, et al. represent a welcome change to corporate responsibility but are late to the game in protecting consumer and individual identity.


Personal, practical use of Social Media sites:

  • Any time you click “like” on Instagram, Facebook, etc. you’re providing valuable, harvestable data as to your personal preferences. Be aware of this fact.
  • Instead, consider sending a text directly to your friend or the content creator.


Link to slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-rncQDp0rTBKVwDsKvxTZTPJU2L1Bb6/view?usp=sharing

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